The one I really believe in is, “when you are green you are growing, but when you are ripe, you are starting to rot.” It is a natural law of the universe.
Only he know what he was refering to for sure. For me, it means you have to keep learning, keep experiencing new things and continually use your imagination. Used, your brain will grow. Unsued, your brain will fade. Without hard use, your brain will fade and die.
It’s actually a pretty simple concept. Kids know the value of this idea. They all soak up new information and new experiences. Actually, it does not have to be new. They will go over the same stuff day after day. Never tiring of it. They love the mental stimulation. That’s why they go over and over the same material. Many understand it totally first-time. This mental curiosity contributes to them being mental growth factories.
You can get yourself started growing mentally by exposing yourself to brand-new material. That’s a wonderful place to begin this new journey. It is very simulating to learn something new. It becomes a habit to many people.
Use a young person as your role model for this exercise. Pretend you are a little kid and increase your need for learning to their level. Like anybody else, you were naturally curious as a young person. It’s time for you to go back to the level you enjoyed as a child.
As you use your mind to absorb and understand the information, your mind grows. Learning like this is a very healthy thing to do. Of course, this is exactly the result you’ll want to obtain.
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There are a few other issues entirely and they are a little more troublesome. The first one is learning something new and exciting, but not taking any action with this new knowledge. This is not something new. I’ve discussed it in previous articles. Not taking action is the problem.
But, there’s more. Whenever we think we actually know something we can miss important new input. The problem is magnified if someone believes themselves to be an expert in the subject. Many people can fall into this trap. It could be a senior manager at some organization or someone who’s moved up through the trades. Professional associations address this problem. Many of them require their members to take annual professional development education.
Don’t laugh. It could actually happen to you if you’re not careful.
How do you prevent this?
When you say something like “I know all about that” that’s an early sign of a tendency to be a non-learner. This is a great limitation.
I recommend you think about this issue all little. If someone begins explaining something to you and, believing that you know what is coming, respond with “I know”. This is the same as saying, “stop don’t tell me any more.” All the communication will stop when you do that. You won’t get valuable input afterwards.
It isn’t even important to say it out loud. Terrific systems are within these .
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